Timothy C. Beals, M.D.
Associate Professor
Foot and Ankle Fellowship Director
Specialty: Foot and Ankle
Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency: University of Washington, Seattle
Fellowship: Wayne State University

Dr. Beals is an Associate Professor specializing in foot and ankle care. His areas of expertise include operative and non-operative management of traumatic injuries, sports injuries, arthritic conditions, adult flatfoot deformities, neuromuscular disorders, complications of diabetes, and use of the Ilizarov and arthroscopy techniques. Dr. Beals research interests include outcome assessment of patients after injury and reconstructive surgery, musculoskeletal genetics, hindfoot biomechanics, and “third-world” orthopaedics. He received his medical doctorate at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and completed a residency in orthopaedics at the University of Washington in Seattle, followed by a foot and ankle fellowship at Wayne State University in Michigan.
Recent Publications:
Lower Extremity Assessment Project (LEAP)--the best available evidence on limb-threatening lower extremity trauma.
Higgins TF, Klatt JB, Beals TC.
Orthop Clin North Am. 2010 Apr;41(2):233-9.
Chondroid syringoma: case report of a highly unusual foot tumor.
Beals TC, Nickisch F, Teman C, Florell SR, Layfield LJ.
Foot Ankle Int. 2010 Apr;31(4):333-5. No abstract available.
Minimally invasive distraction technique for prone posterior ankle and subtalar arthroscopy.
Beals TC, Junko JT, Amendola A, Nickisch F, Saltzman CL.
Foot Ankle Int. 2010 Apr;31(4):316-9.
Erythromelalgia: a novel postoperative complication.
Beals TC, Swallow NC, Jensen A.
Foot Ankle Int. 2010 Mar;31(3):264-6. No abstract available.
Continuous peripheral nerve blockade as postoperative analgesia for open treatment of calcaneal fractures.
Hunt KJ, Higgins TF, Carlston CV, Swenson JR, McEachern JE, Beals TC.
J Orthop Trauma. 2010 Mar;24(3):148-55.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and the cavovarus foot.
Beals TC, Nickisch F.
Foot Ankle Clin. 2008 Jun;13(2):259-74, vi-vii. Review.
Influence of tendon transfer site on moment arms of the flexor digitorum longus muscle.
Hui HE, Beals TC, Brown NA.
Foot Ankle Int. 2007 Apr;28(4):441-7.
